Madhav Chinnappa
Bio
Madhav Chinnappa is a senior executive consultant who has worked at the intersection of news, technology, AI and sustainability globally for more than two decades in both the commercial and public service sectors. He has extensive experience with journalism funding and sustainability having launched the DNI Fund, the GNI Innovation Challenge programme and the Journalism Emergency Relief Fund while at Google. He has worked in the news industry since 1994 - first in the launch team of Associated Press Television (APTV), a year in M&A at United News & Media and spent over nine years at BBC News, latterly as Head of Development & Rights. He is currently leading a thought leadership event series around AI and news for the Thomson Foundation.
